Relates to sex offender assessment instruments. / Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Requires that websites providing inmate information be searchable by the inmate's name, former name or alias. / Sponsor: CARLUCCI Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Alters the composition of the state board of parole to include members to be appointed upon the recommendation of the four legislative leaders. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Provides inmates the opportunity to obtain a general equivalency diploma; instructs the department of corrections to ensure that academic education programs provide the appropriate curriculum and certified academic staff for GED instruction. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Provides certain information regarding level one sex offenders to the offices of local village, town, city, county or state law enforcement agencies through a subdirectory made available on the internet via the division homepage. / Sponsor: ADDABBO Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Provides for notice by commissioner of correctional services of availability of medical, educational and other services, including alcohol and substance abuse treatment, to prisoners upon their release from state prison. / Sponsor: DUANE Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Authorizes the commissioner of correctional services, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to develop and implement programs in every correctional facility to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV among correctional employees and inmates. / Sponsor: DUANE Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Requires inmates to have an acceptable residence to qualify for parole. / Sponsor: LAVALLE Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Relates to the crime of aggravated murder involving certain business owners. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Provides residency requirements for sex offenders including criminal sanctions for violations; prohibits sex offenders from residing in a residence that is within one thousand feet from any school building regularly used for instructional purposes. / Sponsor: BALL Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Relates to the protection of victims of domestic violence act, which requires defendants to wear global positioning systems monitoring the location of the defendant. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Facilitates absentee voting in local correctional facilities and designates the division of probation, the department of correctional services, and the division of parole as assisting agencies for voter registration purposes. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Requires the commissioner of correctional services to provide notice by certified mail, at least 24 months prior to a correctional facility's closure, to certain local governments, employee labor organizations and employees employed within such correctional facility. / Sponsor: LITTLE Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Authorizes imposition of a sentence of conditional discharge pending the completion of a substance abuse treatment program licensed by the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services and approved by the division of probation and correctional alternatives for first or second conviction of certain controlled substance possession or marihuana possession offenses provided such offender has no prior violent felony convictions. / Sponsor: MONTGOMERY Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Requires the guidelines for determining the minimum period of imprisonment to be served prior to parole consideration to include any history of violence or abuse directed at the sentenced person by the victim of the offense. / Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Relates to prohibiting good behavior allowances for violent felony offenses. / Sponsor: GOLDEN Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Requires unanimous agreement by the parole board to release an inmate on parole. / Sponsor: GOLDEN Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Relates to informing members of the community with regard to the presence of a convicted sex offender within their community; strengthens Megan's Law by requiring law enforcement to notify, within 48 hours of receiving knowledge, vulnerable organizations which are located near the residence of a convicted sex offender, whether the offender is a level 1, 2 or 3 sex offender. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Increases the minimum amount of time which must be served upon the imposition of an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment to 85% of the maximum term. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Enacts the "victim's information and security act" to aid victims, witnesses, family members and others in accessing information pertinent to the probable release or movement of inmates; establishes the office of victim/witness services; delineates powers and duties of such office. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION